5 on Friday

1. Genevieve started eating cereal on Sunday.   On Thursday she had her first taste of sweet peas.   She loves them both!

2. I had a great time at Stamp Club on Tuesday.  We made some really cute candy related items and I got some wonderful ideas for party favors, one of which I plan to use for Ellie's 3rd birthday.

3. On Thursday I received an unexpected call that my uncle, Craig, had passed away.  As Ellie asked why I missed my uncle, I thought how the first time Nick met the Yoch Family, Uncle Craig had him refilling his red wine glass most of the morning/early afternoon... Uncle Craig loved his red wine.   And how Uncle Craig was so eager to kiss my feet at our wedding after my brothers' kissed my nieces' feet (it was a version of "how you kiss is how we kiss".) And how Uncle Craig enjoyed watching Bloomberg TV, who else besides me and my co-workers enjoy watching Bloomberg TV?!   And the list could go on.   The point is, I miss him and am sad for the loss because he gave me/us so many wonderful memories when he was here on earth with us, and there will not be any more new memories.   That being said, he made an impact on me and I cherish the time I had with him.   We will meet again, and until then he will be enjoying cocktail hour in heaven with Grandpa Yoch.

4. Last weekend Nick, the girls and I went on a family run together.  It was a great time.

5. Before I left on Tuesday night, I told Ellie to make sure that Daddy fed Genevieve (since we had just started introducing cereal and I thought Nick might get busy playing and forget).   I guess Ellie took her responsibility to heart, as she asked Daddy constantly if they could feed Neve her cereal.   Of course when they did go to feed Neve, Daddy did not know where the bibs were.  No worries, Ellie showed him!